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Childhood Development, By Erik Erikson, And Lev Vygotsky

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In this writing it will be discussing childhood development, as well as some vital issues that might come along during those stages of development. Child development consist of the stage where the child is developing physically, cognitively, socially and spiritually. During these stages of development a child is maturing from infancy to becoming a young adult. For many years theorist such as Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Lev Vygotsky’s have researched how children mature from infants to adulthood. Each of the theorist have profound facts to how children develop, but which of the three men are correct on their findings? Sigmund Freud, a theorist who is well known for his analyzing the way people raise up their children, according to McLeod, S., (2013). Freud was one who search deep within an individual and seek out the processes of their personality. Another credible theorist is Erik Erikson. As an ego psychologist, Erickson focuses on the fact that culture and society help an individual develop trust. Erickson takes a great interest to how children socialize. He seeks to find out if the way children socialize, and their culture will take an effect on them as they mature into adults. The last theorist that will be discussed is Lev Vygotsky. He was well known for his through research in cognitive development in children, which is also known as social development. McLeod, (2014) states that Vygotsky says that a child will develop social skills before they

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